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Meaning of "gracile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRACILE

From Latin gracilis slender.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GRACILE

gracile  [ˈɡræsaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRACILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gracile is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GRACILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gracile

Gracile is the specific name or specific epithet for various species or genera/subgenera: ▪ gracile Australopithecus ▪ Gracile Tateril, or Slender Gerbil ▪ Gracile lizardfish, Saurida gracilis...

Definition of gracile in the English dictionary

The definition of gracile in the dictionary is gracefully thin or slender.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRACILE


abseil
ˈæbsaɪl
acyl
ˈeɪsaɪl
antimissile
ˌæntɪˈmɪsaɪl
docile
ˈdəʊsaɪl
domicile
ˈdɒmɪˌsaɪl
ensile
ɛnˈsaɪl
expansile
ɪkˈspænsaɪl
facile
ˈfæsaɪl
fissile
ˈfɪsaɪl
flexile
ˈflɛksaɪl
indocile
ɪnˈdəʊsaɪl
missile
ˈmɪsaɪl
overfacile
ˌəʊvəˈfæsaɪl
pensile
ˈpɛnsaɪl
prehensile
prɪˈhɛnsaɪl
reconcile
ˈrɛkənˌsaɪl
seil
saɪl
sessile
ˈsɛsaɪl
sile
saɪl
tensile
ˈtɛnsaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRACILE

grace cup
grace note
grace period
grace-and-favour
graceful
gracefully
gracefulness
graceless
gracelessly
gracelessness
Graces
gracileness
gracilis
gracility
graciosity
gracioso
gracious
graciously
graciousness
grackle

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRACILE

ancile
automobile
bile
C.difficile
chile
Clostridium difficile
decile
difficile
file
imbecile
juvenile
meanwhile
mile
mobile
profile
smile
textile
tile
undocile
while

Synonyms and antonyms of gracile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gracile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRACILE

Find out the translation of gracile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gracile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gracile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竹叶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gracile
570 millions of speakers

English

gracile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gracile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رشيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грацильный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grácil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

graces
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gracile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Graces
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grazil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薄束
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

날씬한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Graces
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mảnh dẻ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருணைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रेसेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Graces
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gracile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gracile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грацильний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gracile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gracile
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gracile
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gracile
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gracile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gracile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRACILE»

The term «gracile» is regularly used and occupies the 103.302 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRACILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gracile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gracile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gracile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRACILE»

Discover the use of gracile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gracile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Potential Mismatches in Structural and Functional ...
Expression of brainderived neurotrophic factor in rat dorsal root ganglia, spinal cord, and gracile nuclei in experimental models of neuropathic pain. Neuroscience 107:301-309. Hwang SJ, Rustioni A, Valtschanoff JG. 2001. Kainate receptors ...
Shalini Niranjan, 2008
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Fetal Radiology: A Diagnostic Atlas
Gracile Bone Dysplasia MIM 602361 Major Radiographic Features: Thin ribs and clavicles Deficient ossification of pubic and ischial bones Short and slender, stick -like tubular bones with lack of cortical demarcation Mode of Inheritance: ...
Reinhard Schumacher, Laurie H. Seaver, Jürgen Spranger, 2011
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The Spinal Cord: A Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation ...
The descending fibers are short and less well organized, with only 3% descending up to two spinal cord segments (Smith and Bennett, 1987). The long ascending fibers terminate on the dorsal column nuclei (the gracile ...
Charles Watson, George Paxinos, Gulgun Kayalioglu, 2009
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On Becoming Human
Where stratified fossil sequences are known, "gracile" fossils precede robust ones.'7 The extremely robust hominids do not appear on the scene until around 2 million years ago, followed shortly thereafter by an "advanced" gracile. Both the ...
Nancy Makepeace Tanner, 1981
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The Evolution of Modern Human Diversity: A Study of Cranial ...
identification by population of the robust/large and gracile/small crania confirms that robust individuals are not equally found in all recent populations (Figure 9.8). Most populations are either robust or gracile. The 'robust' group of Figure 9.7a is  ...
Marta Mirazón Lahr, 1996
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Handbook of Iron Overload Disorders
The acronym GRACILE represents growth retardation, aminoaciduria, cholestasis, iron loading, and early death. This autosomal recessive disorder is caused by mutations of the BCS1 gene on chromosome 2q33. The human BCS1 gene ...
James C. Barton, Corwin Q. Edwards, Pradyumna D. Phatak, 2010
7
Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna
OFFICIAL STATUS: Proposed Special Concern BASIS FOR STATUS: Rhizomnium gracile is a circumboreal species whose range has been recently discovered to extend to Finland and Norway. In North America this species has had a known ...
Barbara Coffin, Lee Pfannmuller, 1988
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Barr's The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint
All these axons terminate in the gracile and cuneate nuclei alongside the primary ascending axons. These spinomedullary neurons, especially those sending axons into the dorsolateral funiculus, convey some information for most modalities ...
John Kiernan, Raj Rajakumar, 2013
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Neuroanatomical Terminology: A Lexicon of Classical Origins ...
2. inner bundle ofposteriorfuniculus (Rosenthal, 1815) Synonym for macrodissected adult human gracile fascicle (Müller, 1834); in the original German, inneres Bündel des hintern Strangs, p. 29, according to Burdach (1822, p. 285).
Larry Swanson, 2014
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The Sensory Hand: Neural Mechanisms of Somatic Sensation
Defects in Motor Control and Dynamic Somatic Sensibility After Lesions of the Gracile and Cuneate Tracts Differences in the defects produced in the arm and leg by high cervical transections of the dorsal columns have been further ...
Vernon B. Mountcastle, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRACILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gracile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Chaos' in Congo's logging sector
Bonobos differ from chimpanzees both physically and behaviorally, having more gracile bodies and longer hair on their heads, as well as a ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
2
« Si je lis autre chose que des écrits sur la musique, j'ai l'impression …
Une silhouette gracile, un regard pervenche, des cheveux châtain clair drus, une barbe taillée au millimètre près, un visage entre douceur de ... «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jul 15»
3
Landscape plants that mess with mosquitoes
For an unusual plant in your landscape consider the marigold cousin slender poreleaf (Porophyllum gracile). Native to the desert floor ... «Tucson Local Media, Jul 15»
4
Human Agriculture to Blame for Biggest Species Die Off in 65 Million …
... Latin names for these species would be familiar only to specialists, but even the common names are exotic and strange: the Cuban coney, red-bellied gracile, ... «Big Think, Jun 15»
5
Unsayable? To the Contrary, Negative Stereotypes of Trans Women …
While you're looking those up, you can look up these terms: “gracile male” and “robust female.” No love, An anthropologist. PS: Bruce Lee ... «RH Reality Check, Jun 15»
6
Life is entering its sixth greatest extinction event in its 3.5 billion year …
... the common names are exotic and strange: the Cuban coney, red-bellied gracile, broad-faced potoroo and southern gastric brooding frog. «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
7
In Florida l'oasi delle scimmie felici
Mrs Goodall è una specie di Madre Teresa dei primati: bionda, gracile, scontrosa come un riccio ha passato la sua vita nel bacino di Gombe, ... «L'Espresso, Jun 15»
8
Earth's sixth mass extinction has begun, new study confirms
... the common names are exotic and strange: the Cuban coney, red-bellied gracile, broad-faced potoroo and southern gastric brooding frog. «The Conversation UK, Jun 15»
9
Martha 'Mattie' Masten Patterson, loved the Lord
She leaves to cherish her memory: loving stepdaughters, Jeretta Duckery and Rose Patterson; stepson Wendall Patterson; sister Gracile Brown ... «Cape Gazette, Jun 15»
10
Natalie Prass, soul fertile
... mais vocalement, cela peut virer à l'évidence sur le gracile et théâtral It Is You. Si cet air semble emprunté à une comédie musicale, il fut en ... «Libération, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Gracile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gracile>. Apr 2024 ».
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